What is the correct pronunciation of Chile?

[R1Geezer]

I've noticed that news readers are now referring to a place called Chillay. Now I always thought it rhymmed with Chilly! Not an earth shattering question but some welcome light relief among the heavy weight stuff!

[carolegif]

The correct pronounciation is Chillay. I worked in language schools and the Chilean students always kept saying it is not pronounced Chilly!

[emeritus]

I have noticed also

Chambers gives the correct pronunciation as Chil'i

[Gromit]

We have been pronouncing it wrong for centuries, why do we have to kow-tow to the foreigners all the time.

They can stick it up their Uranus.

[bibblebub]

unless you usually pronounce Paris as paree then chilly will do

[secsee1]

Does it matter I ask myself, it's like the Americans pronounce IRAQ as EYE-RAK
whereas we pronounce it E-RAK... They say sidewalk we say pavement, does it really
matter? you say EE-THER & I say EYE-THER. does it really matter?

[jno]

there's usually a thread around in which people protest about not being allowed to call their country England. So why shouldn't Chileans also have the right to decide their country's name?

[Gromit]

England. All these years I have been pronouncing it Ingland, when it clearly reads as heng-land.

We can't get the spelling and pronunciation of our own country right, so what chance have we got of getting anyone else's right?

[McMouse]

Ingerland....innit?

[chirpychirpy]

For centuries this place was pronounced Britain, but for the last few years it's changed to Britanistan. I think that's because of Muslims or, as they call themselves, Musslims.